Ida D. Bailey (1866–1908)[1] was an American teacher and civil rights activist in Washington, D.C.. She was active in the Niagara Movement, an African-American civil rights organization.[2]
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 Ida D. Bailey at the 1906 Niagara Movement Conference at Harpers Ferry |
Biography
editShe was born on August 13, 1866 in Roxboro, North Carolina. When she was 11 years old she started at Scotia Seminary in Concord, North Carolina. She later studied at Shaw University.[3] She taught in schools in Virginia[3] and North Carolina.[4] In 1891 she married to physician Henry L. Bailey, and moved to Washington, D.C..[3]
She was involved in the Niagara Movement's 1906 Niagara Movement Conference at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia;[2][5] and was photographed at it with other participants which is now part of the 'F. H. M. Murray Papers' at Howard University.[6] William Henry Ferris lauded her work for civil rights and educational opportunities for African Americans.[7] She was one of the founders of the Colored Woman's League.[8] In 1892 she was one of the founders of the National Colored Women's League, an organization in Washington, D.C. with the goals of improving racial and social progress.[9][10] She was president of the Dunbar Circle of the Niagara Movement, which operated as a club in Washington D.C.[11][12]
Bailey was a popular speaker[13] who was described as an "earnest and convincing speaker",[14] and spoke in venues such as the Bethel Literary and Historical Society.[15] She felt blacks should be able to attend gatherings at the White House without embarrassment.[16] She defended African Americans who attended events at the White House against critics who promoted segregation and white supremacy.[17]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Yellin, Jean Fagan (December 2015). The Harriet Jacobs Family Papers. UNC Press Books. p. 851. ISBN 9781469625799.
- ^ a b Alexander, Leslie M.; Walter C Rucker JR (9 February 2010). Encyclopedia of African American History [3 volumes]. Abc-Clio. ISBN 9781851097746.
- ^ a b c Bray, P.H. (1899-12-08). "Mrs. Ida D. Bailey". The Topeka Plaindealer. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
- ^ Coleman, W.C. (1899-05-06). "Mrs. Bailey in the south". The Colored American. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
- ^ Simmonds, Yussuf (May 28, 2009). "Niagara Movement".
- ^ Carle, Susan D. (June 2015). Defining the Struggle: National Organizing for Racial Justice, 1880-1915. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-023524-6.
- ^ Ferris, William Henry (1913). The African Abroad: Or, His Evolution in Western Civilization, Tracing His Development Under Caucasian Milieu. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Press. ISBN 9780598619990.
- ^ Bacher, Marina (2018). Pioneer African American Educators in Washington, D.C.: Anna J. Cooper, Mary Church Terrell, and Eva B. Dykes. LIT Verlag Münster. ISBN 9783643909459.
- ^ Neverdon-Morton, Cynthia (1989). Afro-American Women of the South and the Advancement of the Race, 1895-1925. Univ. of Tennessee Press. ISBN 978-0-87049-684-4.
- ^ Hine, Darlene Clark (1990). Black Women in American History: The Twentieth Century. Carlson Pub. ISBN 978-0-926019-15-7.
- ^ "First Annual Report of the Dunbar Circle, 1907". credo.library.umass.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
- ^ "Memorial to Mrs. Ida D. Bailey". Evening star. 1908-03-21. p. 9. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
- ^ "Notes". The Colored American. 1904-01-16. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
- ^ "Mrs. Ida D. Bailey at Plymouth". The Colored American. 1898-09-03. p. 8. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
- ^ Ferris, William Henry (1913). The African abroad, or, his evolution in western civilization. p. 785.
- ^ Seraile, William (2003). Bruce Grit: The Black Nationalist Writings of John Edward Bruce. Univ. of Tennessee Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-57233-210-2.
- ^ Bruce, John Edward; Seraile, William (2003). Bruce Grit: The Black Nationalist Writings of John Edward Bruce. Univ. of Tennessee Press. ISBN 9781572332102.